Schopenhauer: The World as Will and Representation: 'The World as Will and Representation': Volume 1 (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Schopenhauer)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 3/6/2014
EAN 9781107414778, ISBN10: 1107414776
Paperback, 696 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
First published in 1818, The World as Will and Representation contains Schopenhauer's entire philosophy, ranging through epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, aesthetics and philosophy of art, to ethics, the meaning of life and the philosophy of religion, in an attempt to account for the world in all its significant aspects. It gives a unique and influential account of what is and is not of value in existence, the striving and pain of the human condition and the possibility of deliverance from it. This translation of the first volume of what later became a two-volume work reflects the eloquence and power of Schopenhauer's prose and renders philosophical terms accurately and consistently. It offers an introduction, glossary of names and bibliography, and succinct editorial notes, including notes on the revisions of the text which Schopenhauer made in 1844 and 1859.
General editor's preface
Editorial notes and references
Introduction
Notes on text and translation
Chronology
Bibliography
The World as Will and Representation
Volume 1
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
First Book. The world as representation, first consideration. Representation subject to the principle of sufficient reason
the object of experience and science
Second Book. The world as will, first consideration. The objectivation of the will
Third Book. The world as representation, second consideration. Representation independent of the principle of sufficient reason
the Platonic Idea
the object of art
Fourth Book. The world as will, second consideration. With the achievement of self-knowledge, affirmation and negation of the will to life
Appendix
critique of the Kantian philosophy
Variants in different editions
Glossary of names
Index.